Telegram-herald., 1887-12-18
WALKS AND TALKS.

one u .as iDTzrlse-s a. 4oets % 1a1 COZ
eozaisaBls of every pQeiIe eater1s p raent.
whether professional X am.lsag Is fala
quiFsr of pe-ty iszlocssss sna al slnoss
universal iEterchssge of En0soessary snd
~grztinE' personalities safe gather
iag Of fellnss ander the oed roo1 windows
0f al Invalid gpoa . soll sIil summer
aizbt coaiG Dot sila reasor Be sApsetsd %
pzoa szcs any nsore Of diseofd. an1 bstlan
leE loose ID such al szitated 2smOsp1sre
would retire sileaced and deDgre Ia tas
vfesenos Of far superior -'rscxet' Every
n0oy Is sensitive, snd aas = nsufa-
i've soEe toe, shleh every
has . grievances. Almost everybody
ls being or has beea neglsctsd % The pre-
isreDcs ana putting fOrssrd OF some other
aud less worthy body. EssrY eye and ear
i prsssraeturAlly slraiLed - see or ear an
insult or grave reelection. It's 10 the air.
and every bedys aiiing. Tie ar Is
fuh Of spontaneous combustion,
and nssriy every body has 'com,
busted" Such . state OF things
What Is al Ihs world beside 20 the partici-
pAapg Business. politics. literature, re-
lgioa-thess are, for tne time Osing, all lit
tie things, while tES performances Is being
made ready for 4 am the State" said
TalleyrsBd. and in a public entertainment
OF this sort every man and woman taxing
part Is 1alieyFand.
Aud ''after the opera is over" and the no
tiees. personal and news paporial. are all IL
what another SOrked-up state OF feeling
More sights, more insults. more intended
malicious omissions and commissions.
such acute readings between all the lines
Sucn my stetioas meanings unrayeled
What = stupid lot are these reporters be
Gauss they cannot exactly measure up and
parcel out each ones exact deservings ex-
aetly 20 each ones own taste and notions
OF propriety. This one has had too much
said OF her and that one too little. 0ne
woman has been complimented on her feet
when she preferred to have her complexion
mentioned. Another, who thought her
dancing perfect. has only been told that she
looked very pretty" How disgusting
And so il goes, and the tune runs always
Just the same with every entertainment.
aud Thether il be one of amateurs or pro-
fessionals.
The Kirmes, which has gone on with
such eclas for a week past. and which con-
cluded with the brilliant entertainment of
last evening. has been notable affair but
after all. il is only one of several similar
| entertainments given in Grand Rapids.
About ten years ago the ladies of 81.
| Marks church gave Bazaar" at Luce's
| Hall, which is described by one of the local
| papers of that date, as "a perfect blaze OF
glory" There was no dancing, but among
| the features OF the exhibition were an H.
dian wigwam. an Art Gallery" Flower
| Booth, and New England Kitchen, a
| Cantata called "An Hour in Fairy Land"
| and q "Parlor Musical Minstrel Show
| Among the minstrel. were Will Reming-
| ton, Harry Kennedy. II. C. Neahr, Will
| smith, George Williams, Morris HeymaD,
| Gus Wolf. Frank Church. Dan" yelling,
| Charles Benedict. John Kroner and Hiram
| K. Gage. Another "Bazaar," the Pioneer
| of its kind, preceded that described by sew
| eral years aud was also given at Luce's hall,
| and still another has been given (also by
the Sc. Marks ladies) q; the Ionia Street
Armory.
While on the subject of amateur enter
tainments, one from way back" rises con-
| spicuously to the surface of recollection. I
refer to the "Mistletoe Bough," given some
time in the eos. in Squier's old opera
house, the first opera house erected in this
| city, which stood on Canal-st., near where
4 fscUHOul 3 0teIu clauuS tOUdy. anu NL.CN
| was finally destroyed by fire. This was also
st. Marks entertainment, and a very
| brilliant and successful one. 1t was referred
to by the ungodly rs "Dr. Tustin's Thea
| tel" after the then pastor OF ST. Marks
church. As nearly as | can ascertain Gen.
|. c. Smith took the part of Lord Lowell"
and the bride was Miss Mary Richmond.
now Mrs. Chas. Kendall of To-
peka. Miss Fanny Piatt now Mrs.
| Postmaster General Don Dickinson,
OF Detroit, was the Sleeping Beauty
| Eoen Smith read one OF Tennyson's poems.
Miss Margaret Ballard recited. Among
| those who danced in the Minuet were Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Perkins, Miss Maggie
Hodenpyl. Miss Ada Meeker, Miss Lizzie
| Weber, and Messrs. Lew" Withey,
Alfred RathbuL. George Pierce. Larry"
| Earle and Sam Sinclair.
And the old Cricket Club" comes next
to memory with Its mastery rendition of
"Fanchon" and the Pearl of Savoy" and
| belIsve have programme of the latter.
Yes; here it Is and this is the cast:
Marie Miss Frank T. Pierce
1 (n01t-lItsLI Miss virginia Parks